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Could 'predictive policing' help prevent burglary?

18 September 2012

"We run it through our software and this generates predictions and a map showing the exact locations where crimes are most likely to take place in the next few days," says professor Shane Johnson (UCL Security & Crime Science). "They can be used by the police to deploy the resources as efficiently as possible." Read: BBC News